Easter brunch Nashville 2024: These restaurants are open and serving

Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean
Updated ·7 min read

For many, Easter means gathering around the brunch table at some point with loved ones.

But if you're not up to digging out your mom's breakfast casserole recipe or fighting for the last ham at the grocery store, you're more in luck than you might imagine. Plenty of Nashville restaurants are open on Easter Sunday. A surprising number of them have plenty of room at the table.

Still, reservations for some of these spots are going fast, so be sure to book ahead.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Check your favorite reservation sites or directly with local restaurants for more restaurants open on Easter. Email mlunsford@tennessean.com for listing consideration.

Head to the hotel restaurants

Gone are the days when a hotel breakfast exclusively meant overly sweet, weirdly pasty muffins and little boxes of frosted cornflakes. There are plenty of upscale hotel restaurants around the city serving brunch. In general, hotels are a great place for holiday meals, and here are some of our recommendations.

  • Mimo at the Four Seasons: Easter brunch offerings and staffed stations with elevated cuisine, live music and children's entertainment featuring face painting, egg decorating and a special appearance by the Easter Bunny. Reservationsare encouraged; $95 per person, www.fourseasons.com/nashville/dining

Eggs Benedict at Commons Club, the signature restaurant at Virgin Hotels Nashville.
Eggs Benedict at Commons Club, the signature restaurant at Virgin Hotels Nashville.

  • Commons Club at Virgin Hotels Nashville: Expect a brunch spread complete with a prime rib and honey-baked ham carving station, pastries and bagels, Eggs Benedict and more; plus coffee or boozy mimosas. Reservationsare encouraged on opentable.com; $45 per person.

  • Cafe at The Joseph: Easter Sunday brunch features holiday dishes, including roasted rack of lamb with fregola sarda, dried fruit, hazelnuts and gremolata, seafood medley in saffron-tomato broth with house-made focaccia, Italian espresso, seasonal pastries and more. A la Carte brunch menu is also available. Reservations at opentable.com.

East meets West Easter brunch

  • Sunda New Asian: This Gulch restaurant is serving its East Meets West brunch with items including tempura French toast, ube waffles, Tocino grilled cheese and more. There's also a somewhat, over-the-top ode to Instagrammable bloody marys: the 32-ounce "Sumo Mary" is a meal in itself with house bloody mix topped with a grilled cheese, egg rolls, a pork belly bao bun, a baked snow crab handroll and somehow even more. Reservations at opentable.com.

Sunda New Asian's 32-ounce version of a bloody mary is a meal in and of itself.
Sunda New Asian's 32-ounce version of a bloody mary is a meal in and of itself.

  • Noko: This East Nashville restaurant is open serving regular brunch dishes, including its signature wood-fired Tomahawk ribeye, which at brunch comes with eggs, waffles and hashbrowns. The Japanese chicken and waffles are killer, as are the fresh crudo dishes and tuna crispy rice. Reservations at www.nokonashville.com/reservations

Easter Brunch with chef Frank Pullara

If your Easter plans take you to Franklin, chef Frank Pullara presents a la carte Easter brunch menus at both of his restaurants:

  • Alongside regular menu items, Culaccino's Easter classics will include deviled eggs, lamb skewers and pork belly.

  • At Bestia Mare, Easter exclusives will include fried oyster salad, squid ink pasta and wood-grilled ribeye steaks. Reservations can be made for both Culaccino and Bestia Mare at resy.com.

There are plenty of other restaurants in Franklin with open tables on Easter Sunday, including Perry's Steakhouse and The Rutledge Franklin. Find them on opentable.com.

Restaurants with Easter egg hunts

  • Loveless Cafe: This iconic Southern restaurant hosts egg hunts throughout Easter weekend. Staff will hide candy-filled eggs around the property with special golden Easter eggs holding big Loveless surprises. Expect special visits from Biscuit the Bunny for photo opportunities. The Easter egg hunts are March 30-31 (11 a.m.-2 p.m.) at the cafe. More info at lovelesscafe.com.

The Biscuit Bunny pays a visit to Loveless Cafe.
The Biscuit Bunny pays a visit to Loveless Cafe.

  • Pinewood Social: This combination restaurant, social club and bowling alley will host a brunch menu, as well as Easter egg hunts on the patio at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., plus a photo booth with the Easter Bunny. Brunch items run the gamut from avocado toast to biscuits and gravy. Plenty of boozy brunch drinks, too. More at pinewoodsocial.com.

Other brunch options

  • Lou: On Sunday, March 31, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Lou, located in the Inglewood neighborhood of East Nashville, hosts a three-course Easter meal with brunch staples and holiday exclusives at $60 per person. Menu items include onion tart, ricotta and Calabrian chili frittata, brown butter chocolate chip cookies and more. More at lounashville.com.

  • Harper’s Steakhouse celebrates Easter with an over-the-top buffet-style brunch. Expect curated food stations throughout the dining area with salads, house-made pastries, brunch staples and creative options such as bananas Foster French toast casserole and short rib hash. The buffet is $85 per person/$35 for children under 12 years old. Bottomless mimosas are $30 per person. Reservations at www.harpersnashville.com.

Lobster-topped Florentine quiche at Eddie V’s Prime Seafood.
Lobster-topped Florentine quiche at Eddie V’s Prime Seafood.

  • Eddie V’s Prime Seafood: This Fifth and Broad seafood and steakhouse hosts a prix fixe brunch menu on Easter Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Courses include butter-poached Maine lobster quiche Florentine, and 8-ounce pan-seared steaks paired with mushroom and white cheddar frittata. Breakfast drinks, as well as Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label paired with Caviar on potato crisps, are available as enhancements. More at EddieV.com.

  • Ophelia's: This Italian-inspired eatery will serve special Easter features in addition to its regular brunch menu, which includes bites like breakfast pizza and calzones and a "brunch board." Brunch will be served from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The regular dinner menu will be served from 5 p.m.-close. More at www.opheliasnashville.com.

  • Church and Union: This concept from the 5th Street Group offers an Easter brunch buffetfrom 9 a.m.-4 p.m. It's $70 for adults, including a bloody mary or mimosa, and $35 for children 12 & under. The restaurant will serve its regular dinner menu from 5 p.m.-close. Reservations can be made at opentable.com.

Iberian Pig serves charcuterie boards with meats and cheeses and garnishes.
Iberian Pig serves charcuterie boards with meats and cheeses and garnishes.

  • Iberian Pig: This Gulch tapas spot will serve Easter brunch and dinner with dishes such as the Torrijas, or Basque-style French toast with amaretto sabayon, grilled berries and saffron custard. Reservations on opentable.com.

  • STK: On Easter Sunday, this Gulch steakhouse will serve a la carte holiday specials, including Lobster Benedict, Dungeness crab omelet and sesame honey crisp bacon. Each guest gets an Easter egg filled with prizes, with random guests getting special golden eggs. More at stksteakhouse.com/venues/nashville.

  • Stationairy: This Union Station restaurant will serve brunch from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and dinner from 5-10 p.m. Brunch includes an Easter special carved ham biscuit with aged cheddar, a sunny side egg, avocado and bacon jam. At dinner, the restaurant will serve a special lamb shank with smoked sunchoke puree, roasted root vegetables and mint and pomegranate. A pianist will provide live music from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. More at stationairynashville.com.

The dining room of Joe Muer Seafood, which opened in Nashville's Capitol View area on Aug. 23, 2023. It's the third location for the longtime fine-dining seafood restaurant from Detroit and the first outside the Detroit area.
The dining room of Joe Muer Seafood, which opened in Nashville's Capitol View area on Aug. 23, 2023. It's the third location for the longtime fine-dining seafood restaurant from Detroit and the first outside the Detroit area.

  • Joe Muer Seafood: This Capitol View seafood restaurant will host an Easter brunch buffet from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring a soup and salad bar, full omelet station, carving station and dessert display. Brunch is $79 for ages 12 and up, $35 for guests 6–12 years. Kids 5 and younger eat for free. More at joemuer.com.

  • Carne Mare: This Gulch Italian chophouse will feature classic dishes like Bear Creek Farm beef tartare, hand-cut pappardelle, pasture-raised rack of lamb and two a la carte brunch specials. Reservations and more info at www.carnemarenashville.com/easter.

  • Miel: Proprietor Seema Prasad and chef Jason LaIacona will bring their locally sourced, seasonally driven approach to a special Easter brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dishes will include fermented bread and butter, drop biscuits and potted salmon rillette. More information and reservations at www.exploretock.com/miel.

Sadie's al fresco. The restaurant is open for Easter brunch.
Sadie's al fresco. The restaurant is open for Easter brunch.

  • Sadie's holiday brunch will showcase the restaurant's signature American fare and Mediterranean flavors. Brunch items include deviled eggs with kalamata olives and capers, shakshuka with artichoke, kale and baked farm eggs, and Mimi’s Pistachio Baklava with warm local honey. Brunch, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., is $38 for food only. Reservations and more at opentable.com.

  • Adele’s: Blending light California cuisine with the rustic comfort of Italian fare, Adele’s casually sophisticated menu will be on display during Easter brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with items including smoked gouda grits, braised lamb shoulder with chimichurri, prime rib with apple horseradish sauce and more. It's $42 for adults to dine and $20 for children 5-12 years old. Reservations and more at opentable.com.

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